CNN legal analyst Elie Honig criticized the Department of Justice and Special Cousel David Weiss on Monday and said they made an “unholy mess” of the Hunter Biden investigation.

During an appearance on “CNN This Morning,” host Poppy Harlow cited reporting from the New York Times that said Weis was initially willing to forgo any charges against the president’s son. The reporting also said that Weis changed his position after a “pair of I. R.S. officials on the case accused the Justice Department of hamstringing the investigation.”

The takeaway is that the DOJ has made an unholy mess of this whole Hunter Biden situation,” Honig said. “I fault David Weiss, who I’ve spoken positively about on this show, given his long service as a U. S. attorney.”

“But if you look at that reporting, first he was willing to let this thing go all together. Political pressure ramped up, he backtracks and says, ‘oh no we’re going to need to take misdemeanor pleas.’ Then they go in to court ready to take misdemeanor pleas, more pressure, more testimony from the IRS and then this deal falls apart, and now he says, ‘well now I need to be called Special Counsel.’”

Honig said Weiss’ actions have been mostly in reaction to IRS whistleblowers.

“It seems like now twice, he’s tried to make this case go away cheaply, twice been called out on it, and twice back tracked, only in response to the whistleblowers,” Honig said.
Harlow also asked Honig and Temidayo Aganga-Williams, a former senior investigative counsel for the Jan. 6th committee, if Weis could continue as special counsel right now….